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Poker Tournament Results

40th World Series of Poker 2009

Event #51 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em
June 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Tournament Schedule
Buy-In $1,500
Prize Pool $3,796,065
Entries 2781
Report Available

Live Coverage
Joh Carsten

Joh Carsten

Place Name Prize
1 Joh Carsten (Reutlingen, Germany) $664,426
2 Andrew Chen (Mississauga, ON, Canada) $412,632
3 David Walasinski (Columbus, OH, USA) $272,405
4 Steven Levy (Peabody, MA, USA) $192,650
5 Owen Crowe (Nov Scotia, NS, Canada) $145,199
6 Thibaut Durand (Paris, France) $115,817
7 Georgios Kapalas (Athens, Greece) $97,634
8 Jason Helder (Lancaster, PA, USA) $86,702
9 Nathan Page (Portland, OR, USA) $80,894
10 Jon Mazursky (Austin, TX, USA) $56,751
11 Diego Vilela AKA "bundasujaegorda" (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) $56,751
12 Josh Schlein (Baltimore, WA, USA) $56,751
13 Victoria Szilasi (Budapest, Hungary) $39,820
14 Jasper Mertz (Lyngby, Denmark) $39,820
15 Jeffrey Vanchiro (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $39,820
16 Jesse Haabak (Grand Forks, ND, USA) $27,939
17 Mike Matern (Herten, Germany) $27,939
18 Eric Lupovich (Montreal, QC, Canada) $27,939
19 Michael Worrmann (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) $19,587
20 Craig O'Neil (Saltburn, UK) $19,587
21 Alex Jacob (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,587
22 Benjamin Truelove (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,587
23 Albert Kenny (Dublin, Ireland) $19,587
24 Terry Fleischer (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,587
25 Rafael Belloso (Venezuela) $19,587
26 Jochum Weenink (Goula, Netherlands) $19,587
27 Chris Zurawski (Glen Ellyn, IL, USA) $19,587
28 Robert Diaz (Tierra Verde, FL, USA) $15,374
29 Billie Payne (Arlington, TX, USA) $15,374
30 Allan Lebiszczak (Saskatoon, SK, Canada) $15,374
31 Thomas Bremstahler (Cologne, Germany) $15,374
32 Brent Sheirbon (The Dalles, OR, USA) $15,374
33 Casey Desmond (Hawthorn Victoria, Australia) $15,374
34 Jamie Roberts (London, UK) $15,374
35 Doug Pfund (New Hudson, MI, USA) $15,374
36 Florian Schramm (Emmering City, Germany) $15,374
37 Luke McIntyre (Sydney, Australia) $11,464
38 Tro Gharibian (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $11,464
39 Cole Fisher (Mission Viejo, CA, USA) $11,464
40 Francisco Loredo $11,464
41 Andrew Pantling (St. Julians, Malta) $11,464
42 Eric Tomberlin (Jacksonville, FL, USA) $11,464
43 Andre Rodrigues (Sa Dias Loule, Unknown) $11,464
44 Nathan Tuthill (Falmouth, VA, USA) $11,464
45 Shawn Pilot (North Hills, CA, USA) $11,464
46 Michael Hudson (Lake In The Hills, IL, USA) $8,996
47 Christopher Drake (Leavenworth, KS, USA) $8,996
48 David Godfrey (Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada) $8,996
49 Charles Harder (Ft Collins, CO, USA) $8,996
50 Randy Shearer (Pekin, IL, USA) $8,996
51 Sergio Bessa (Almancil, Portugal) $8,996
52 Jim Petzing (Chicago, IL, USA) $8,996
53 Christine Coulon (Reedsburg, WI, USA) $8,996
54 Tosao van Coevorden (Amsterdam, Netherlands) $8,996
55 Steven van Zadelhoff (Geldermalsen, Netherlands) $7,364
56 Brandon Meyers (Minneapolis, MN, USA) $7,364
57 Clinton Trujillo (Grand Junction, CO, USA) $7,364
58 James Kershaw (Langton, CA, USA) $7,364
59 Eric Scott (San Francisco, CA, USA) $7,364
60 Robert Herman (Reno, NV, USA) $7,364
61 Paolo Lugo (Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal) $7,364
62 Marco Marques (Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal) $7,364
63 Daniel Wade (Richmond, VA, USA) $7,364
64 Walid Nasser (Calabozo Edo Guarico, Unknown) $6,187
65 Rick LeNoble (Coral Springs, FL, USA) $6,187
66 Phong Huynh (Atlanta, GA, USA) $6,187
67 Thiago Nishijima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) $6,187
68 Michael Gagliano (Rockaway, NJ, USA) $6,187
69 Carlos Sanchez $6,187
70 Dale Peterson (Bothell, WA, USA) $6,187
71 Damian Wingert (Westminster, CA, USA) $6,187
72 Ting Li (West Covina, CA, USA) $6,187
73 William Stocker (Los Altos, CA, USA) $5,314
74 John Zillmer (Glenmoore, PA, USA) $5,314
75 Garcia San Martin $5,314
76 Robert Brickman AKA "Bricks" (Jacksonville, FL, USA) $5,314
77 John Scherr (Charlotte, NC, USA) $5,314
78 Men "The Master" Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA) $5,314
79 Keith Johnson (Nottingham, UK) $5,314
80 Matt Brady (Havertown, PA, USA) $5,314
81 Michael Benvenuti (Newport Beach, CA, USA) $5,314
82 Steve Hohn (Overland Park, KS, USA) $4,593
83 Jason Beck (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $4,593
84 D. Allen Pock (Santa Fe Springs, Ca) $4,593
85 Mark Drover (St Johns, NL, Canada) $4,593
86 Barney Bronson (McKinney, TX, USA) $4,593
87 Leo Labbe (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $4,593
88 William Hawk (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $4,593
89 Cliff Pappas (Scottsdale, AZ, USA) $4,593
90 Juan Guerrero (Mission, TX, USA) $4,593
91 Larkin Riser (Shreveport, LA, USA) $4,023
92 Scott Dorin (Medina, NY, USA) $4,023
93 Jenia Sigal $4,023
94 Magnus Persson (Gothenburg, Sweden) $4,023
95 Vineet Pahuja AKA "Vinny" (New York, NY, USA) $4,023
96 Shaun Hendrickson $4,023
97 Rick Barabino (New York, NY, USA) $4,023
98 Samuel Subilia (Wells, ME, USA) $4,023
99 Chapin Anderson (Keizer, OR, USA) $4,023
100 Justin Lamar (Carpinteria, CA, USA) $3,568
101 Cody Slaubaugh AKA "Thugmoneymkr" (Rugby, ND, USA) $3,568
102 Stuart Barclay (Brighton, UK) $3,568
103 Christopher Bonita (Winthrop, MA, USA) $3,568
104 Jason Potter (Tulsa, OK, USA) $3,568
105 Samuel Korkis (Calabasas, CA, USA) $3,568
106 Brady Holiman (Athens, TX, USA) $3,568
107 Chris Tipper (Vienna, WV, USA) $3,568
108 Lawrence Ha AKA "LDOGG" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $3,568
109 Jason Younger (Redwood City, CA, USA) $3,568
110 Hon Le (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $3,568
111 David Jaoui (Paris, France) $3,568
112 William Gee (Tucson, AZ, USA) $3,568
113 Bryan Bailey (Florence, KY, USA) $3,568
114 Jozef Krempf $3,568
115 Marc Souza (Concord, CA, USA) $3,568
116 Ryan Price (Illovo, South Africa) $3,568
117 Mher Hakverdian AKA "Mike" (Pasadena, CA, USA) $3,568
118 Joshua Frank (N Miami Beach, FL, USA) $3,568
119 Jack Jamieson (Fountain Hills, AZ, USA) $3,568
120 Michael McFadgen (Etobicoke, ON, Canada) $3,568
121 Ronald Winters (Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA) $3,568
122 Christopher Floyd (Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA) $3,568
123 Anthony Orr (Poynette, WI, USA) $3,568
124 Bruno Stefanelli (Seorrano Lecci, Italy) $3,568
125 Martin Baudys (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $3,568
126 Kevin Beyeler (Tarzana, CA, USA) $3,568
127 Aurel Bogdan (Baia Mare, Romania) $3,568
128 Salmon Jaddi (Pembroke Pines, FL, USA) $3,568
129 Clemente Vito (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA) $3,568
130 Joan Urban (Amarillo, TX, USA) $3,568
131 Tony Cousineau (Daytona Beach, FL, USA) $3,568
132 Timothy Christensen (Northfield, MN, USA) $3,568
133 Edward Marsh (Lafayette, LA, USA) $3,568
134 Michael Flores (Dallas, TX, USA) $3,568
135 Jay Mecklinger (Toronto, ON, Canada) $3,568
136 David Goldklang (Mill Valley, CA, USA) $3,264
137 Tom Braband (Oshkosh, WI, USA) $3,264
138 Scott Wanzer (Tuscon, AZ, USA) $3,264
139 Neil Calvin (Sammamish, WA, USA) $3,264
140 Lindsay Jones (Garden Grove, CA, USA) $3,264
141 Paulo Colaiacovo (Etobicoke, ON, Canada) $3,264
142 Andres Ducatezeiler $3,264
143 Adam Richardson (Poway, CA, USA) $3,264
144 Ioannis Bouzalas (Athens, Greece) $3,264
145 Dimitrios Charilas (Athens, Greece) $3,264
146 Larry Bass (Tamarac, FL, USA) $3,264
147 Ben Thavisin $3,264
148 Diego Montes De Peralta $3,264
149 Dirk Snoek (Groningen, Netherlands) $3,264
150 Tom Brown (Kent, WA, USA) $3,264
151 Nicholas Derke (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $3,264
152 Tiago Lopes (Porto, Portugal) $3,264
153 Mark Fee (Cincinnati, OH, USA) $3,264
154 Gregory Robbins (Mooresville, NC, USA) $3,264
155 Eric Vargo (Playa Del Rey, CA, USA) $3,264
156 Lauri Kiiski (Tampere, Finland) $3,264
157 Sebastian Reinartz (Juechen, Germany) $3,264
158 Mark Roschek (Hayward, CA, USA) $3,264
159 Victor Figueroa (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $3,264
160 Alex Smith (Highland Park, NJ, USA) $3,264
161 Christopher Saleh (Appleby, North Lincs., UK) $3,264
162 Thomas Duong (Fremont, CA, USA) $3,264
163 Douglas Carli AKA "Rico" (Alliance, OH, USA) $3,264
164 Joshua Fussner (Peoria, IL, USA) $3,264
165 Ritchie Rosario (Clovis, CA, USA) $3,264
166 Douglas Suffel (Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada) $3,264
167 David Henson (Round Rock, TX, USA) $3,264
168 Craig Ripley (Innisfil, ON, Canada) $3,264
169 Lucito Jimenez (Corona, CA, USA) $3,264
170 June Amer (Corona, CA, USA) $3,264
171 Mika Paasonen (Hameenlinna, Finland) $3,264
172 Scott Hurwich (Orlando, FL, USA) $3,036
173 Gordon Olesch (Oldenburg, Germany) $3,036
174 Gregory Thompson (Charlotte, NC, USA) $3,036
175 Will Tong (Bayside, NY, USA) $3,036
176 Julien Legros (Poitiers, France) $3,036
177 Duane Felix (New Rochelle, NY, USA) $3,036
178 Markie Garner (Prairieville, CA, USA) $3,036
179 Mihai Manole (Targoviste, Romania) $3,036
180 Jan Pavlis (Svitavy, Czech Republic) $3,036
181 Douglas Kim (Hartsdale, NY, USA) $3,036
182 Joseph Reitman (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $3,036
183 Steven Shechtman (Hollywood, FL, USA) $3,036
184 Vladimar Ventsko (San Francisco, CA, USA) $3,036
185 Steven Myrick (Bakersfield, CA, USA) $3,036
186 Kevin Risener (Trinity, FL, USA) $3,036
187 Peter Bierschbach (Midland, MI, USA) $3,036
188 Bedda Nakhoul (Wakefield, MA, USA) $3,036
189 Jace Reiken (Lincoln Park, NJ, USA) $3,036
190 William Gibbons (Madison, WI, USA) $3,036
191 Amnon Filippi (New York, NY, USA) $3,036
192 Kevin Zeidler (Dixon, CA, USA) $3,036
193 Anthony Vaiese (Seattle, WA, USA) $3,036
194 Khiem Nguyen (Sacremento, CA, USA) $3,036
195 Jared Mahoney AKA "soxnation83" (Abington, MA, USA) $3,036
196 Erin Schussler (Lonsdale, MN, USA) $3,036
197 Bertil Svendsen $3,036
198 Fitzgerald McClellan (Tacom, WA, USA) $3,036
199 Patrick Lavecchia (Sellersville, PA, USA) $3,036
200 Benjamin Hjelm (Montgomery, AL, USA) $3,036
201 Lehi Collins (Carmichael, CA, USA) $3,036
202 Jorge Rodriguez (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $3,036
203 Nelson Chew (Milpitas, CA, USA) $3,036
204 Vance Catron (Ketchikan, AK, USA) $3,036
205 Julian Russmeier (Berlin, Germany) $3,036
206 Ibrahim Rahmani (Vaxjo, Sweden) $3,036
207 Franklin Chambers (Littleton, CO, USA) $3,036
208 Scott Daukas (Olympia, WA, USA) $2,885
209 Frederick Sisneros (Rancho De Taos, NM, USA) $2,885
210 Keith Sanburn (Thompson, MB, Canada) $2,885
211 Edward Pionke (Chicago, IL, USA) $2,885
212 Andrew Crawford (UK) $2,885
213 Michael Himelstein (Denver, CO, USA) $2,885
214 Jason Ng (Henderson, NV, USA) $2,885
215 Brandon Mifsud (Gilbert, AZ, USA) $2,885
216 Mark St Amour (Gallatin, TN, USA) $2,885
217 Sean Furfaro (Waterloo, ON, Canada) $2,885
218 Mark Mizrachy (Towaco, NJ, USA) $2,885
219 Kenneth Shelton (Dallas, TX, USA) $2,885
220 Joshua Brill (Cambridge, OH, USA) $2,885
221 Andrew Turner (Plymouth, MI, USA) $2,885
222 Saro Ovasapyan (Glendale, CA, USA) $2,885
223 Howard Andrew AKA "Tahoe" (Walnut Creek, CA, USA) $2,885
224 Christopher Harris (Cleveland, MS, USA) $2,885
225 Samy Khireddine $2,885
226 Joseph Kuether (El Grove, WI, USA) $2,885
227 Marcus McDaniel (Mt Pleasant, TX, USA) $2,885
228 Joshua Crain (Lakewood, CO, USA) $2,885
229 Gary Bremer (Oak Wood, WI, USA) $2,885
230 Shaun Higgins (Houston, TX, USA) $2,885
231 Martin Martinez (Glendale, CA, USA) $2,885
232 Vesa Jakobsson (Helsinki, Finland) $2,885
233 Bulent Seri (Port Melbourne, U.S. Virgin Islands) $2,885
234 Michael Lytle (Atlanta, GA, USA) $2,885
235 Mario Doria (Australia) $2,885
236 Patrick Slusarek (London, England, UK) $2,885
237 Kyle Cox (Hinsdale, IL, USA) $2,885
238 Venceslas Leconte (Conde Sur Vire, France) $2,885
239 Ross Kloeber (Peoria, AZ, USA) $2,885
240 Brian Benhamou (Paris, France) $2,885
241 Kevin O'Donnell (Scottsdale, AZ, USA) $2,885
242 David Soble (Alexandria, VA, USA) $2,885
243 Christopher Cowan (Kettering, OH, USA) $2,885
244 Jesse Martin (Shrewsbury, MA, USA) $2,885
245 Daniel Mead (Peoria, AZ, USA) $2,885
246 Nelson Wong (Edmonton, AB, Canada) $2,885
247 Matthew Toth (Anacortes, WA, USA) $2,885
248 Jerry Hill (Bakersfield, CA, USA) $2,885
249 Mel Walterscheid (Muenster, TX, USA) $2,885
250 Jorge Jesus (Vile Velha, Brazil) $2,885
251 Richard Blanchar (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA) $2,885
252 Chris Viox (Glen Carbon, IL, USA) $2,885
253 Daniel Restrepo (Boca Raton, FL, USA) $2,733
254 Paul Leckey (Ballycastle Antrim, Ireland) $2,733
255 William Wong (Aurora, IL, USA) $2,733
256 Rabih Makdessi (Solon, OH, USA) $2,733
257 Antoine Sgroi (Paris, France) $2,733
258 Anthony Lai AKA "Aussie" (New York City, USA) $2,733
259 Oliver Patzel (Hamburg, Germany) $2,733
260 Ian Holland (La Mesa, CA, USA) $2,733
261 Benjamin Luber (Chicago, IL, USA) $2,733
262 Bill Kwan (Calgary, AB, Canada) $2,733
263 Scott Smoot (Brunswick, OH, USA) $2,733
264 Michael Ium (Toronto, ON, Canada) $2,733
265 Scott Black (Longview, WA, USA) $2,733
266 Matthew Treasure (Peekskill, NY, USA) $2,733
267 John Kantelberg (Etobicoke, ON, Canada) $2,733
268 Norris Wong (Edmonton, AB, Canada) $2,733
269 Gabor Kovacs (Budapest, Hungary) $2,733
270 Steven Miller (Key Largo, FL, USA) $2,733
271 Robert Thomas (Chicago, IL, USA) $2,733
272 Bhupinder Singh (Sacramento, CA, USA) $2,733
273 Thomas Koo (Vancouver, BC, Canada) $2,733
274 Joseph Paladenic (Sierra Vista, AZ, USA) $2,733
275 Arne Mews (Cologne, Germany) $2,733
276 Marco Adams (Prague, Czech Republic) $2,733
277 Clive Cabral (Pearl City, HI, USA) $2,733
278 Philippe Narboni (Veigy, France) $2,733
279 Grant Hinkle (Overland Park, KS, USA) $2,733
280 Christopher Boylan (Redlands, CA, USA) $2,733
281 Jared Johnson (Greenwood, IN, USA) $2,733
282 Dale Cebula (Mosinee, WI, USA) $2,733
283 Jason Gray (Troutdale, OR, USA) $2,733
284 Carl Oman (Ridgefield, WA, USA) $2,733
285 Guido De Bruijn (Amsterdam, Netherlands) $2,733
286 Martin Perez (Kingwood, TX, USA) $2,733
287 Anthony Grimard (Newaygo, MI, USA) $2,733
288 Marcio Araujo (Para De Minas, Brazil) $2,733
289 Pierre Vassort (Lyon, France) $2,733
290 Travis Erdman (Burlingame, CA, USA) $2,733
291 Gregory Hartwick (Bolton, ON, Canada) $2,733
292 Robert Dillon AKA "Bob" (Battle Creek, MI, USA) $2,733
293 Keit Lieu (Santa Ana, CA, USA) $2,733
294 Eric Ornstein (Centrereach, NY, USA) $2,733
295 Mark Lange (Phoenix, AZ, USA) $2,733
296 Kenneth Moore (San Antonio, TX, USA) $2,733
297 Anthony Blanda AKA "Dino" (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $2,733

Tournament Report

Tournament Highlights:

Event Headlines –

1. Carsten Joh Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet

2. Joh Wins Poker’s Most Coveted Prize and $664,426

3. Germany Enters Circle of Nations with WSOP Gold Bracelet Wins

4. Another WSOP Event Sells Out – Ninth Event at This Year’s World Series Reaches Full Capacity

5. Total Purse at 2009 WSOP Surpasses the $100-Million Mark – With Main Event Still to Come

The Champion --

  • The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em champion is Carston John, from Reutingen, Germany. The city of Reutingen is located near Stuttgart.

  • Joh is 45-years-old. He is a professional poker player, who plays online poker regularly. Joh also owns part of a small business involved in sports gambling in Germany (which is legal).

  • Joh is fluent in both German (his native language) and English.

  • Joh finished high school, served in the military, and also attended college. He worked various jobs until discovering an aptitude as a backgammon player.

  • Joh competed in international backgammon tournaments and played in various clubs for many years. He competed throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s in Germany and throughout Europe. One of Joh’s friends from the backgammon tournaments was Danish poker player Gus Hansen.

  • Joh ws caught up in the poker book around 2002 and 2003 which attracted many European players.

  • Joh’s preferred poker game is Pot-Limit Omaha.

  • Prior to his win, Joh had two major cashes in Europe. He took second at Casino Bergenz last year, and then finished seventh at the Irish Open, also held in 2008. His combined live tournament winnings totaled $219,542 prior to this win.

  • Joh arrived at this year’s WSOP intending to play only about 4-5 tournaments, including the Main Event.

  • Joh collected $664,426 for first place. He was also awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet.

  • According to official records, Joh now has 1 win, 1 final table appearance, and 1 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP. His career WSOP earnings now total $664,426.

  • Joh becomes the first player from Germany to win a gold bracelet this year. He is the first German player to win since Sebastian Ruthenberg (Hamburg, Germany) won the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship in 2008. The first German national to win a WSOP event was Matthias Rohnacher (Mannheim, Germany) in 1997. The German player with the most WSOP wins is Eddy Scharf, with two gold bracelets.

Winner Quotes (Carsten Joh) --

  • On what motivated him to become a poker player: “My friends started playing poker and I saw them winning. Some of them even moved to Las Vegas. I saw them and I said to myself, ‘if they can do it and make some money, so can I.”

  • On the German poker scene: “In backgammon, the nations are very close. We have the nations compete and they are all close. But in poker, it is very different. Like this event, it is so huge. I know some other German players, but most of the time I hand around with those I know. I do not think poker is really a nation’s cup, actually. I think it is more an individual sport. It’s nice to win it for your country. But poker is not quite so popular in Germany, so I am not sure if will mean as much there. The same thing happened in backgammon. The game used to be dominated by the Americans. Then, the Germans and the Scandinavians started playing and winnings and suddenly things were changing. In poker, I think we are starting to see the same thing.”

  • One being the oldest player at the final table, and winning: “It takes a lot of energy in these tournaments to go deep. I never thought about the money or anything. I was just taking it one step at a time. I was short on chips much of the way. But I just stuck with it and played on….Normally, the older players like me do not win the bracelet. You see every final table with six, seven, or eight players in their 20s. It is more difficult for an older player to win it. I have a lot of respect for the older players because you have to play ten levels and you might be here 13 or 14 hours each day.”

  • On winning $664,426 in prize money: “I will continue to live the life I have. I already have a comfortable life. But this makes it easier. I now have a bigger bankroll.”

  • On what winning a WSOP gold bracelet means: “The bracelet means a lot because you have it for the rest of your life. Whatever you hot later on, you can always say you won a bracelet. Even if you stop playing poker – you just have it. If you come second, you really have nothing. You have the money. But nobody talks about that. It is just like that in sports. Everyone remembers the winner.”

The Final Table --

  • The final table included no former WSOP gold bracelet winners. This was the 15th table of 50 (completed) events this year with no previous winners.

  • The final table included players from five different nations – including Canada, France, Germany, Greece, and the United States.

  • Six of the eight final table players were age 27 and younger. The oldest player at the table (Joh) ended up as the winner. He is 45.

  • The runner up was Andrew Chen, from Mississauga, ON (Canada). He enjoyed two big cashes recently – fifth place at the Latin American Poker Tour championship in Costa Rica, and third place at the EPT event in Prague (Czech Republic). Chen is 21-years-old and collected $412,632 for second place.

  • The third-place finisher was David Walasinski, from Columbus, OH. He recently graduated from the Ohio State University, at age 21. Next he is considering attending law school. Tuition should not be a problem. This was his first WSOP in-the-money finish, worth $272,405 in prize money.

  • The fourth-place finisher was Steven Levy, from Peabody, MA. He is a 22-year-old professional poker player. Levy has won several online poker tournaments. This was his fifth time to cash at the WSOP, and marked his highest finish to date.

  • The fifth-place finisher was Owen Crowe, from Halifax, NS (Canada). He has performed very well in events with big fields, such as this tournament. Crowe is best known for having finished 15th in last year’s WSOP Main Event, which paid $463,201. He also made it to a final table of another $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event played last year.

  • The sixth-place finisher was Thibaut Durand, from Argentan, France. He previously cashed in two European Poker Tour events, held in Deuville and Dortmund. This was Durand’s first time to cash at the WSOP.

  • The seventh-place finisher was Georgios Kapalas, from Athens, Greece. He won first place at a Greek Poker Tour event, held a few months ago. He also cashed at EPT-Barcelona. Kapalas is also a dedicated Magic the Gathering player, which has created quite a number of top young poker stars and gold bracelet winners.

  • The eighth-place finisher was Jason Helder, from Lancaster, PA. He is a poker pro, who mostly plays online. This was Helder’s first time to cash at the WSOP.

  • The ninth-place finisher was Nate Page, from Portland, OR. He is a stay-at-home dad, raising three children. Incredibly, this was Page’s first major poker tournament entry. He played a small tournament at home with friends to raise enough money to pay for a seat into this event. Page parlayed an impossible dream into a final table appearance at the WSOP and more than $80,000 in prize money.

In-the-Money Finishers --

  • Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Men “the Master” Nguyen, Grant Hinkle, Steve Hohn, and Howard “Tahoe” Andrew.

  • Men “the Master” Nguyen’s 78th-place showing gives him 64 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP. This currently ranks second on the all-time cashes list. Note: The leader is Phil Hellmuth, with 73 career cashes.

  • Two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Howard “Tahoe” Andrew enjoyed his last win back in 1976. Proving once again that poker is a game for players of all ages, Andrew cashed for the third time at this year’s WSOP. He holds the record as the player with the most consecutive WSOP years attended – now at 35.

  • The defending champion in the event from 2008 was J.C. Tran, from Sacramento, CA. Note that he won the corresponding event on last year’s schedule (there are multiple $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments). He entered this year’s tournament, but did not cash.

Odds and Ends --

  • This event was a complete sell out. This was the ninth tournament to reach maximum capacity at this year’s WSOP. This is the most gold bracelet events ever to sell out within a single year. A complete “sell out” means every seat at every available table is sold and additional players are/were turned away at registration. A complete sell out occurs are various numbers, based on the total tables and seats available for tournament use. Events which have sold out this year include: 4, 7, 22, 24, 28, 29, 39, 43, and 51.
  • This was the third-largest tournament (in attendance) of the 2009 WSOP.
  • This is the sixth of seven $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournaments on the 2009 WSOP schedule. This game and buy-in level has consistently proven to be the most popular draw on the schedule in recent years, aside from the Main Event.
  • An alternative lower buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament (less than $10,000) has been included as part of the WSOP schedule every year since 1973. Over the years, these buy-in amounts have ranged from $1,000 up to $5,000. However, more $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournaments have now taken place at the WSOP over the past 39-years than any other event.
  • The previous five $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em events held this year attracted 2,791 -- 2,506 -- 2,638 – 2,095 – and 2,781 players respectively. Attendance this year is consistent with previous years when the earlier events tend to attract bigger fields, followed by a slight decline at the WSOP enters its third and fourth week, then bigger turnouts at the Main Event approaches.
  • Day One began with 2,781 players. Day Two continued with 349 surviving players. Day Three continued with 30 players. The final table did not begin play until 7 pm on Day Three.
  • The ESPN broadcast stage was dark on this day. Three more events are scheduled, which are split between ESPN 360 and Bluff Media. For a complete broadcast schedule of all events, go to:

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/tourneydetails.asp?groupID=607

  • The official WSOP gold bracelet ceremony takes place on the day following the winner’s victory. The ceremony takes place on at center stage of the main tournament room and begins during the break of the noon tournament. The ceremony usually starts around 2:20 pm. The national anthem of the winner’s nation is played. The entire presentation is open to public and media. Video and photography is permitted by both media and the public.

The Event --

  • The $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship attracted 2,781 entries. The total prize pool amounted to $3,796,065. The top 297 finishers collected prize money.

  • The tournament was played over three consecutive days.

  • The end of Day One chip leader was Christopher Bonita, from Winthrop, MA. He cashed out in 103rd place.

  • The chip leader at the start of the final table was Jason Helder. He suffered a brutal run on the feature table and busted out first, in eighth place.

  • Carsten Joh started play at the final table ranked seventh in chips, out of eight players. After being a distant third in chips when play was three-handed, took control late in the tournament and defeated Andrew Chen in heads-up play.

  • When heads-up play began, Joh enjoyed a slight chip lead over Chen. It took 33 minutes for Joh to close out the victory. Chen missed a diamond draw on the final hand of the night, while Joh dragged the last hand of the tournament with trip sixes.

  • The final table lasted about seven hours – slightly below average in duration.

  • The tournament officially began on Saturday, June 27th, at noon. The tournament officially ended on Tuesday, June 29th, at 2:05 am.

NEW: WSOP Player Statistics (By Category)

--Through Event #50 but Excluding Event 49—

MOST CASHES:

Fish

Darryll

7

Soulier

Fabrice

6

Lisandro

Jeffrey

6

Negreanu

Daniel

6

Parker

Brock

6

Cousineau

Anthony

6

Fox

David

6

Greenstein

Barry

6

Schock

Mitchell

5

Monnette

John

5

Wahlbeck

Ville

5

DeWolfe

Roland

5

Channing

Neil

5

Evdakov

Nikolay

5

Kravchenko

Alexander

5

Ivey

Phil

5

Mason

Robert

5

Binger

Michael

5

Lennaard

Ken

5

Hamagami

Clark

5

MOST FINAL TABLE APPEARANCES:

GREGORICH

MARK

3

JUANDA

JOHN

3

LISANDRO

JEFFREY

3

MUELLER

GREG

3

IVEY

PHIL

3

WAHLBECK

VILLE

3

AHMADI

BAHADOR

2

ALAEI

DANIEL

2

ALIOTO

DARIO

2

AUSTIN

RICHARD

2

BALDWIN

ERIC

2

BOHLMAN

SCOTT

2

BOUKAI

RAMI

2

CLEMENTS

SCOTT

2

COPPOLA

FABIO

2

DEWOLFE

ROLAND

2

GEARY

JIM

2

GREENSTEIN

BARRY

2

GUILLEN

ANGEL

2

HABIB

HASAN

2

HAWRILENKO

MATTHEW

2

HAXTON

ISAAC

2

JAMSHIDI

SIRIOUS

2

KABBAJ

JOHN

2

KEINER

MICHAEL

2

KORAL

THOMAS

2

LUNKIN

VITALY

2

MAKOWSKY

DANIEL

2

MARCUS

VAN

2

MULLEN

NATHAN

2

NAALDEN

MARC

2

NEGREANU

DANIEL

2

PARKER

BROCK

2

PORTER

REP

2

RAYMOND

DEREK

2

SCHLEIN

JOSHUA

2

SCHOCK

MITCH

2

SUNG

STEVE

2

TENNER

MARK

2

VAN ALSTYNE

JAMES

2

VILANDOS

PETE

2

WATTEL

MIKE

2

HIGHEST CASH TO ENTRY RATIOS

-- Minimum 5 Events Entered--

Fyshe

Adam

4

5

0.8

Pescatori

Max

4

6

0.666667

Powell

Jack

4

6

0.666667

Bonavida

Raymond

3

5

0.6

Geary

Jim

3

5

0.6

Lee

Anthony

3

5

0.6

Whitford

Marc

3

5

0.6

Baker

David

8

14

0.571429

Chen

Yan

4

7

0.571429

Platt

Christopher

4

7

0.571429

Sanchez

Luis

4

7

0.571429

Mason

Robert

5

9

0.555556

Fish

Darryll

7

13

0.538462

Schock

Mitchell

5

10

0.5

Dolan

Charles

4

8

0.5

Molinari

Matthew

4

8

0.5

Tunkel

Jeffrey

4

8

0.5

Buckley

James

3

6

0.5

Harris

Maura

3

6

0.5

Haxton

Isaac

3

6

0.5

Xu

Dong

3

6

0.5

Hamagami

Clark

5

11

0.454545

Lennaard

Ken

5

11

0.454545

Elezra

Eli

3

7

0.428571

Guillen

Angel

3

7

0.428571

Labbe

Leo

3

7

0.428571

Riesenberg

Jason

3

7

0.428571

Stothmann

Malte

3

7

0.428571

Woelfel

Wade

3

7

0.428571

Yeh

Philip

3

7

0.428571

HIGHEST CASH TO ENTRY RATIOS

-- Minimum 10 Events Entered--

Fish

Darryll

7

13

0.538461538

Schock

Mitchell

5

10

0.5

Lennaard

Ken

5

11

0.454545455

Hamagami

Clark

5

11

0.454545455

Fox

David

6

15

0.4

Gavatin

Mats

4

10

0.4

Lichtenberger

Andrew

4

10

0.4

Vrabel

Luke

4

10

0.4

Yanovski

Leonid

4

10

0.4

DeWolfe

Roland

5

13

0.384615385

Parizon

Michael

4

11

0.363636364

Switzer

Brett

4

11

0.363636364

Mabuchi

Motoyuki

4

11

0.363636364

Wahlbeck

Ville

5

15

0.333333333

Boukai

Rami

4

12

0.333333333

Boyd

Howard

4

12

0.333333333

Soulier

Fabrice

6

19

0.315789474

Kravchenko

Alexander

5

16

0.3125

Rousso

Vanessa

4

13

0.307692308

Pechie

Justin

4

13

0.307692308

Baker1

David

4

13

0.307692308

Darden

Paul

4

13

0.307692308

Jacob

Alex

4

13

0.307692308

Lisandro

Jeffrey

6

20

0.3

Feldman

Peter

3

10

0.3

Hall

John

3

10

0.3

Newburger

Jason

3

10

0.3

Shlez

Vadim

3

10

0.3

Delgrosso

Marcello

3

10

0.3

Sorensen

Jan

3

10

0.3

Rho

Peter

3

10

0.3

Cutler

Joseph

3

10

0.3

Dorsch

Scott

3

10

0.3

Klein

Loren

3

10

0.3

Turmezey

Peter

3

10

0.3

Karp

Ryan

3

10

0.3

Boeken

Noah

3

10

0.3

Yancik

Stewart

3

10

0.3

  • Note that is it not a misprint nor is it the same player who is the leader in THREE categories – highest ratio of cashes to entries – minimum 5 events and minimum 10 event and overall number of cashes). The leader board players’ names are indeed ADAM FYSHE and DARRYLL FISH.

PLAYERS WHO HAVE ENTERED MORE THAN HALF THE EVENTS AT THIS YEAR’S WSOP:

Evdakov

Nikolay

33

Isra

Roland

32

Fernandez

Jacobo

29

Negreanu

Daniel

28

Black

Andrew

28

Lindgren

Erick

28

Filippi

Amnon

28

Heimiller

Daniel

27

Shamseddin

Soheil

27

Bloch

Andrew

27

Smith

Gavin

27

Jurgens

Tad

26

Kassela

Frank

26

Traniello

Marco

26

Geyer

Richard

26

Binger

Michael

25

Mercier

Jason

25

Bjorin

Chris

25

Shorr

Shannon

25

Singer

David

25

Hughes

Ryan

25

Johnston

Berry

25

Leah

Michael

25

WSOP Statistics –

  • Through the conclusion of Event #51, the 2009 WSOP has attracted 49,064 entries. $101,000,605 in total prize money has been awarded to winners.

  • Multiple Gold Bracelet Winners at the 2009 WSOP:

Jeffrey Lisandro -- 1st, 1st, 1st

Brock Parker -- 1st, 1st

Phil Ivey -- 1st, 1st

Greg Mueller – 1st, 1st

  • Gold Bracelet Plus 2nd-Place Finishers at the 2009 WSOP:

Ville Wahlbeck -- 1st, 2nd (+ 3rd)

James Van Alstyne -- 1st, 2nd (+ 6th)

Pete "The Greek" Vilandos -- 1st, 2nd

Angel Guillen -- 1st, 2nd

Vitaly Lunkin -- 1st, 2nd 

Brandon Cantu – 1st, 2nd

Marc Naalden – 1st, 2nd

  • Multiple Top-Three Finishers at the 2009 WSOP:

Ville Wahlbeck -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Steve Sung -- 1st, 3rd

Scott Clements -- 2nd, 3rd

Eric Baldwin – 1st, 3rd

  • WINNERS – BY NATION: Through Event #51 – the nationalities of WSOP gold bracelet winners reads as follows:

United States – 33

United Kingdom – 3

Canada – 3

Australia – 2

Russian Federation – 1

Finland – 1

Sweden – 1

Mexico – 1

Italy – 1

Holland – 1

Hungary – 1

Iran – 1

Germany – 1

Note: Last year 19 of the 59 gold bracelet events were won by non-Americans (32 percent). In, 2007, the number was 15 of 55 (29 percent). In 2006, the number was 5 of 45 (11 percent).

  • WINNERS – BY CITY: Through Event #51 – the following cities have produced multiple WSOP gold bracelet winners (Note: Metropolitan area suburbs are included in major city counts):

Las Vegas, Nevada – 10

Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) – 4

Salerno, Italy – 3

Los Angeles, California – 3

Washington, DC (Maryland and Virginia Suburbs) – 3

London, England – 2

New York, NY – 2

  • Event #51 winner Carsten Joh is to be classified as a professional player. Accordingly, the “Pro-Am” gold bracelet scoreboard currently reads (not counting Casino Employees Event):

Professionals -- 37 wins

(Thang Luu, Steven Sung, Jason Mercier, Phil Ivey-1, Rami Boukai, Anthony Harb, Ville Wahlbeck, Keven Stammen, Brock Parker-1, Jeffrey Lisandro- 1, Daniel Alaei, Brock Parker-2, John-Paul Kelly, Jeff Carris, Nick Schulman, Phil Ivey-2, Pete Vilandos, Tomas Alenius, Roland de Wolfe, J.C. Tran, James Van Alstyne, Angel, Guillen, Greg Mueller-1, Eric Baldwin, Jordan Smith, Jeffrey Lisandro-2, Richard Austin, Marc Naalden, Matt Graham, Peter Traply, Jerrod Ankenman, Jeffrey Lisandro-3, John Kabbaj, Jeff Ahmadi, Brandon Cantu, Greg Mueller-2, Carston Joh)

Amateurs -- 6 wins

(Freddie Ellis, Ken Aldridge, Travis Johnson, Zac Fellows, Michael Eise, Michael T. Davis)

Semi-Pros -- 7 wins

(Vitaly Lunkin, Brian Lemke, Lisa Hamilton, Leo Wolpert, Ray Foley, Derek Raymond, Jeff Ahmadi)

  • Fourteen of the 51 winners this year (28 percent) were previous gold bracelet winners. There have been three double winners in 2009 -- Brock Parker, Phil Ivey, and Greg “FBT” Mueller. There has been one triple winner in 2009 -- Jeffrey Lisandro.

  • Through the conclusion of Event 50, the WSOP “Player of the Year” standings reads as follows (with point totals):

355 – Jeffrey Lisandro

275 – Ville Wahlbeck

242 – Phil Ivey

227 – Brock Parker

220 – James Van Alstyne

195 – Roland de Wolfe

185 – Vitaly Lunkin

180 – Angel Guillen

175 – Pete “the Greek” Vilandos

170 – Daniel Negreanu

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